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Sep. 4, 2012

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Steve Limtiaco
Pacific Daily News

The Guam Legislature 22 years ago abandoned its historic Hagåtña legislative building and started renting private office space -- a "temporary" move that was extended after plans to construct a new Legislature building were scrapped as too extravagant and costly.

But a $7 million project to restore the old Legislature building, which is across the street from the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica, could break ground within the next several months, said legislative Executive Director Vince Arriola.

The building plans are "99 percent" complete, Arriola said, and half the ...